Articles by Scott Tavener

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  Fiona Apple

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON July 4

  PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2012

  Fiona Apple has no interest in idle patter. She and her all-business revue turned up at the Sound Academy ready to roll, with a polished so...

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  The Tragically Hip / Death Cab for Cutie / The New Pornographers / The Rural Alberta Advantage

  Burl's Creek, Orillia ON July 1

  PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2012

  The Tragically Hip's annual Canada Day fete -- the biggest booking no-brainer of the year -- featured a solid lineup, a pretty venue, campi...

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  Brasstronaut

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2012

  With families meandering through, curious commuters cutting corners and other random passersby, a NXNE Yonge-Dundas afternoon slot can be p...

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  Bleached

  Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2012

  On a tidal wave of four-chord guitars and sticky vocal melodies, Bleached dashed through their second of three nights at the Silver Dollar,...

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  2:54

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2012

  In Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams's character renders a killer paint-by-numbers version of a Winslow Homer-style work, yet manages to ad...

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  DIIV

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2012

  Like an order of McNuggets, Brooklyn's DIIV was better big (to hell with the six-pack). The Brooklyn foursome began as Zachary Cole Smith's...

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  Friends

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2012

  Here's an incomplete list of 1980s female pop superstars: Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Belinda Carlisle. Throw in a da...

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  Boxer the Horse

  El Mocambo, Toronto ON June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

  The Animal Farm allusion and scrappy guitars aside, PEI's Boxer the Horse aren't particularly interested in creating a proletarian sound. I...